Alert Warning ...

[Amanda]

Hi. I saw this on another board and thought it would be worth posting here. I'm going to copy and paste the whole post so it is going to be quoted in its entirerity(sp?).



I received this email today:

I hope this warning will alert others who love their birds as much as I loved my quaker. He died last week after I installed new evaporative
cooler pads in my Mastercool evaporative cooler. The instruction sheet that comes with the product said there would be an "odor" that would
come off of the pads for about 24 hours. My 'Greenbean' died 6 hours later of respiratory failure.

I contacted the company who makes these pads for the Mastercool cooler as well as pads that fit other machines to obtain a Material Safety
Data sheet (MSDS). I wanted to find out exactly what the "odor" was that they warned me about. These pads are preserved with formaldehyde, phenol,acrylics and elemental copper. I asked the Munters company if they had done any testing on birds before they labeled their product safe for
it's distributors. the answer, "no." this product is sold under the names of CELdek, CELdek with Mi-T-edg, Mi-T-Cool, and Mi-T-edg.

I hope maybe we can warn others to remove their birds from the house for the day if they use this product.

[dlaura]

Amanda,
Thanks for the heads-up on this one. I feel very badly for the person who lost their bird due to this mishap. Hopefully, by alerting the rest of us owned by birds - the other bird's death will not have been in vain.

Thanks again.

[Redstorm1721]

Oh My I also feel very sorry for the owner. Thanks so much for the info on this. I don't quite understand what this product is? But if I ever come accross it I will be sure to watch out.

[Amanda]

I'm not quite familiar with this product as well. However, I think it's some sort of "air conditioner". I did a search on the web about the product and this is what I found:

"MasterCool sets the new standard in Evaporative Cooling. They make America's premium Evaporative Cooler. When you are serious about keeping cool, nothing but a MasterCool will do.

They provide high performance cooling power. They keep you cool when others won't ... very cool! They have bigger pads, a better pump, and provide the best cooling power for your dollar.

Up to 5 degrees colder air for more comfort, 12" thick pads for savings up to 90% compared to air conditioning."

[birdygirl]

Thanks for the info. We have a Kenmore Airconditioner and the flock has been living with it for all of their lives at this house they are fine.

[crazeemama]

Air conditioners are not the same as evaporative coolers or swamp coolers as they are sometimes called. The pads used are usually very thick and fibrous. I am pretty certain since water runs through it constantly that there are probably chemical additions to it to keep mildew mold etc to a minimum.